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Mythology

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Images

  • Hercules. Etching.
  • [Newspaper cutting, "Giants" (1842?) about the possibility of an ancient race of giants].
  • The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Eleven scenes of witchcraft. Woodcut, 1720.
  • The temples and ritual of Asklepios at Epidauros and Athens : Two lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain / by Richard Caton.
  • Hercules and Achelous. Engraving by J.B. Patas after A. Borel after G.A. Pordenone.
  • Daedalus attaching wings to the shoulders of his son Icarus. Stipple engraving by G.S. & E.G. Facius after C. Le Brun.
  • Demonology and devil-lore / Moncure D. Conway.
  • The ages of man represented as a step scheme. Reproduction of an engraving by C. Bertelli.
  • Hygieia, goddess of health, holding a pentacle and a staff encircled by a snake. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1595.
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Works

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    Die heilige Urschrift der menschheit : symbolgeschichtliche unter suchungen diesseits und jenseits des Nordatlantik / [Herman Wirth Roeper Bosch].

    Wirth Roeper Bosch, Herman, 1885-1981 | Date: [1936]
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    The bridle of Pegasus : studies in magic, mythology and folklore / by Warren R. Dawson.

    Dawson, Warren R. (Warren Royal), 1888-1968 | Date: [1930]
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    Voir, savoir, pouvoir : le chamanisme chez les Yagua du nord-est péruvien / Jean-Pierre Chaumeil.

    Chaumeil, Jean-Pierre | Date: [1983], ©1983
  • view Hercules and Achelous. Engraving by J.B. Patas after A. Borel after G.A. Pordenone.
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    Hercules and Achelous. Engraving by J.B. Patas after A. Borel after G.A. Pordenone.

    Pordenone, Giovanni Antonio, 1484?-1539 | Reference: 11320i
  • view Legends of the city of Mexico / collected by Thomas A. Janvier ; illustrated by Walter Appleton Clark.
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    Legends of the city of Mexico / collected by Thomas A. Janvier ; illustrated by Walter Appleton Clark.

    Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone), 1849-1913 | Date: 1910
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